Senegal & HIV/AIDS

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Statistics

PlusNews Treatment Map: Senegal (Regularly Updated)
Data on the total number of people on HIV treatment, the drug regimens used and the amount of international aid received.
From Integrated Regional Information Networks
Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (Senegal) (PDF) (2008)
From UNAIDS, UNICEF and World Health Organization

News

Senegal's President Sacks Head of Aid Group for Allegedly Trafficking Cheap AIDS Drugs (October 16, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Politics

International AIDS Society Welcomes Release of Senegalese Men Imprisoned for Sexual Orientation (April 23, 2009)
Public health leaders praise the release of nine men imprisoned for their sexual orientation, but call for laws against homosexuality to be repealed.
From International AIDS Society
Court Overturns Senegal Jail Terms for Homosexuality (April 21, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Health Leaders Call on Government of Senegal to Release Nine Men Imprisoned for Eight Years Based on Their Sexual Orientation (January 12, 2009)
From Society for AIDS in Africa and International AIDS Society
Gay HIV Advocates Jailed in Senegal; Activists Are Fuming (January 8, 2009)
Nine gay men were sentenced to eight years in jail -- the most extreme sentence of its kind ever handed down in this West African nation -- on charges of "indecent conduct and unnatural acts."
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

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